AWS Data Engineers (Expression of Interest)

Company Description

At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better. Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart. Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together.

We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow.

Job Description

We are seeking experienced AWS Data Engineers with strong expertise in data migration and modernisation to support large-scale cloud transformation initiatives. You will play a key role in migrating data from legacy/on-premise systems to AWS, building robust data pipelines, and enabling scalable analytics platforms.

The role involves designing and executing end-to-end data migration strategies, including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecture approaches, to transition data from legacy systems to AWS. You will perform database migrations using AWS DMS to ensure minimal downtime, along with schema conversion and optimisation using AWS SCT. The position requires building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS Glue, PySpark, and Lambda, while migrating both structured and unstructured data into S3-based data lakes. You will also be responsible for loading and optimising data in Amazon Redshift or other cloud data warehouses, ensuring data quality through validation, reconciliation, and assurance processes. Additionally, the role includes implementing data governance and security best practices using IAM, encryption, and access controls, collaborating closely with business and technical stakeholders to plan cutover strategies with minimal disruption, and continuously monitoring and troubleshooting data pipelines and migration workflows for performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Data Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, RDS, EC2).
• Strong experience in data migration projects.
• Expertise in AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool (SCT).
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
• Experience with big data frameworks such as Spark or PySpark.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts and data modelling.
• Experience building and managing ETL/ELT pipelines.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Snowflake or other modern data platforms.
• Exposure to real-time streaming (Kafka, Kinesis).
• AWS Certifications (e.g., Data Analytics Specialty, Solutions Architect).

Additional Information

Why join us: 

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. 

Agencies:

We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks: 

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks